Latest updates on BitCoin News: Today Speaking about Bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) Arun Jaitley, the Finance Minister of India, just concluded the announcement of India’s 2018 budget, where he said, and we quote.
The government does not recognize Bitcoin as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these Bitcoin under the payment of illegal activities or under the payment system.,” Jaitley said. He further went on to say that the government will keep exploring working on the blockchain technology.
- User can trade in bitcoin (cryptocurrencies).
- Users cannot use it for illegal activities.
- Users can hold bitcoin (cryptocurrencies).
- Users cannot make payment in bitcoin (any cryptocurrencies).
- Gov. would adopt block chain technology.
India is not Banning Bitcoin – Stop this FUD
But leave it to mainstream media to do a half-assed job of reporting it. Here’s what the country’s top news publications reported. We first start off with The Economic Times , NDTV, etc
Jaitley: All measures to be taken to regulate cryptocurrencies
Jaitley: All measures to be taken to regulate cryptocurrencies#BudgetMatters #BudgetSabka #Budget2018
— Rajya Sabha TV (@rajyasabhatv) February 1, 2018
Bitcoin to be banned. Crypto currency illegal in India says @arunjaitley
#Bitcoin #DigitalCurrency #budget2018— Anjana Om Kashyap (@anjanaomkashyap) February 1, 2018
Government will take all measures to curb use of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, says Finance Minister @arunjaitley
Keep following our LIVE blog for more details: https://t.co/fT5u8qyLsc #BudgetWithTimes #Budget2018 pic.twitter.com/rCCqSFeIta
— Times of India (@timesofindia) February 1, 2018
This changes NOTHING?
For years, the Indian government has kept the same maintained for cryptocurrencies. This is not legal tender.The same way you cannot use gold to buy coffee from a Starbucks in India, you can’t use Bitcoin to buy products and services in India.
Media in general needs to be more responsible about what they report about cryptocurrencies. The publications we have mentioned above are highly trustworthy news outlets; people take them seriously. Most new investors will sell their holdings, causing the value of the currency to crash. This is especially true for Bitcoin due to its rising popularity, and India accounts for a 10th of all Bitcoin transactions.
Dear media houses, the US dollar is also not a legal tender in India. Does that make the currency Illegal? If you took five minutes to listen to what Mr Jaitley said again, you would have heard that he said: “eliminate the use of these crypto assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payments system”. Are we asking for too much?
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Note for first-time investors – the media, like most people in this ecosystem doesn’t understand Bitcoin ( cryptocurrencies ) or its underlying technology. Get to the source and don’t trust them blindly.
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